This tweet was just hours before the official agreement was made public, and shows a cynical but spirited Kasparov, always true to himself.

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 AND THE WINNER IS…(?)

Not very difficult to figure out from body language.  Even Putin is quoted as saying that this morning ”Is a good morning”.  For Russia.  For himself.  For the failed European leaders Merkel and Hollande, who sold out Ukraine for gains in polls at home. Ofcourse, the ‘ceasefire’ has as much chance of surviving as an ice-cube in Hell.

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ELSEWHERE TODAY (AND YESTERDAY)

World Champion Carlsen giving a simul today to some of Simon Agdestein’s students at NTG in Norway. Notice how informal the whole thing is…Agdestein was one of Carlsen’s first coaches. LINK

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STATISTICS, STATISTICS AND MORE DAMN LIES!

What is THIS??  Only living players on the list?  Or do greats such as Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine not count?  (NOT to mention Fischer!)

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MEANWHILE, IN THE REAL WORLD…

I suppose we should always be pleased when ‘chess’ is in the news…even if it has little to do with the chess world!

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BUT the Guardian had a slightly different take on what happened…

 LINK   Oh well, easy come easy go!

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BACK TO THE REAL CHESS WORLD…

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